The Plays of Anne Leighton

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Sunday, April 4, 2010

A three-act play on the story of Mary Dyer, a Quaker from 17th Century America, who was hanged by Puritans in the Boston Commonwealth.

Mary Dyer was one of the early crusaders for religious freedom in America. THE PASSION OF MARY has many historical characters including Anne Hutchinson, who lived for a while in the Bronx and Lower Westchester, plus Roger Williams who founded the State of Rhode Island.

Performance History

The Readers for Unstaged Reading of THE PASSION OF MARY, April 7, 2010 at 6 PM sharp, at the Bronx Library Center, 310 East Kingsbridge Rd., Bronx, NY:

Anne's first play REACH FOR THE SUN was performed by Poets Repertory Theater of Long island in 1977. In 2005 she presented a staged reading of her play, ONE WAY TO HEAVEN at the Howl Festival in New York City and as part of the Bronx-based series, HIDDEN TREASURE. The play was also performed by the River City Living Church in San Antonio, Texas and won the Jacob C. Hammer playwriting award at Lehman College in the Bronx.

Anne is a working writer, with most of her projects center around media and live event creation as both a publicist and music services person. Leighton actively promotes and builds careers of Joe Deninzon and Stratospheerius, John Hall, King Llama, KJ Denhert, Gary Lucas, Allan Holdsworth, Patrick Moraz, Jethro Tull/Ian Anderson, Strawbs, Grand Funk Railroad, Phoebe Legere. She has books, THE LEIGHTON EXPLOSION (Soul Asylum Poetry), the e-book: GET THE GIG: COMMON SENSE CAREER CONSULTING (self-published), USING YOUR ART AND THE MEDIA TO COMFORT PEOPLE (published by Free to Run, West Hills, CA; out of stock) and PAWS FOR THOUGHT: HOW TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR CAT IS THINKING (UK's Rockwell Books and now available in the States through mail order for $15 total at http://anneleighton.com/store/. )

More Drama From Anne

THE PASSION OF MARY:

Three Act Drama,

“It wasn’t just witches they were hanging, but their own.” Bless our government, ‘cause they don’t. The story of Quaker Mary Dyer, who was hanged by Puritans in the Boston Commonwealth in the 1600s. Cast: 8 women, 8 men.

RUN AND FIND THE ONE WHO LOVES ME:

20 Minute Drama,

A woman standing up against people's expectations and projections of her. It's got everything from '70s music to diet talk, and free cookies! 3 women, 1 man